It was released on November 28, 2003, in Europe, on December 1, 2003, in North America, and on January 22, 2004, in Japan.

[1] There are differences between this game and Snowboarding, with one being the Avalanche - the final event of every Match Race challenge is a daredevil run through an avalanche-prone trail where the player has to outrun an avalanche that starts in the middle of the run or even at the very start.

Pre-production planning was done on the game, but it was cancelled early on in favor of moving development to the then-upcoming GameCube platform.

This version was exclusively available at Walmart and can be differentiated by the presence of a red sash on the front cover.

Dan Hsu, the first reviewer, found fault with the game's trick system, while the third reviewer Shawn Elliott severely criticised it, who believed that Avalanche can't compete with SSX 3.